Las Cruces, N. M., June 1958June 1958

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Las Cruces, N. M., June 1958 in June 1958. The full case file (5 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 33.

Reported location

Las Cruces, N. M., June 1958

Date of incident

June 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 33

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS :
O Wes Balloon
12 Jun 58 Las Cruces, N. M o Aig 44 od
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Balloon |
EOI ids smniatusmanii anim X& Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar - Probably Aircraft ‘
GMT 13/06552Z 0 Air Visvol O Air-Intercept Radar | © Possibly Aircraft
S. PHOTOS + §O O Was Astronomical Meteor
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
IK No ; ivilian XOX Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BE Dini iin
8 Rs a Data for Evaluation
no
20 secs one South £5
0. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING : 11. COMMENTS
|Rnd obj, size of quarter, one observe Pescription is of a meteor w/
stated obj was pinkish red, another long duraton.
stated it was white. One part broke
away fm main body. Obj had very long
tail °
" ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28978521

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1958 1958-06-01